Two Commandos in this photo are holding Thompson Sub-Machine Guns fitted with the round magazines.

Posted by David Prichard on Thu 27 Aug 2020 17:13:09 EDT

Note

There was a Pte T. Bibby (partial service number ?663944) who served in No 2 Commando. Not known if ident. with above man.

Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Thu 21 Dec 2017 11:58:12 EST

Unit query

Peachey and Smith were both attached from the South Lancs. Regt. There was a Pte. G.A. Stubbs in No 2 Commando who was also attached from the South Lancs Regt. The date and location suggest this was when they were in the Independent Company/1st Special Service Bn.

Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Wed 06 Dec 2017 10:20:35 EST

Photo updated

Thanks Philip...my uncle also lived in Bebington and is in the photo.

Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Thu 28 Apr 2016 18:32:08 EDT

I can identify the lance corporal crouching bottom left in Pete Rogers' photo of the 4th Independent Company as my grandfather, John Mason, from Bebbington, Cheshire. He was near Private Robert George Martin when he died on board HMS Vindictive, and he told me the account of Private Martin's death when I was a young boy. John Mason was in the Liverpool Scottish when he volunteered for Norway. Before the war he had been in the King's Hussars, and after Operation Scissorforce he went on to serve with the Seaforth Highlanders at El Alamein and in Italy.

Posted by Philip Voice on Wed 27 Apr 2016 14:39:41 EDT

email contact made

Now in contact with contributor

Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Sun 17 Jan 2016 15:29:11 EST

Hi Pete . hope this gets to you cant find a proper link to answer your questions .
i was a eight years old when the war started & albert was 15 years older than me.Albert died about 15 years . most of this information has come from my brother George who is ninty & knew him quite well being in the HLI himself.
I remember him coming home from one of these early raids though & my father who served in the first world war takin him into the bathroom & cleaning him up. i was hiding on the stairs so i saw quite a bit of what was going on.
We lived in custom house right next to the docks so he must have been dropped of.
I remember him giving me a silver table bell that he had brought back as a souvenir .
I think he was on boulonge or Guernsey raids . he was never one to talk about it a lot.
Hope this helps ..i will add as i get more info.
Regards Ron

Posted by ron copus on Sat 16 Jan 2016 14:56:57 EST

My eldest brother albert copus ,,seaforths, joined the army in 1939, volonteerd for the early commandos.

Posted by ron copus on Tue 12 Jan 2016 12:49:32 EST

Photo updated

additional details added

Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Tue 06 Jan 2015 10:56:57 EST